341. This miserable brat of a child started screaming on the streetcar the other day. I mean, he was literally screaming. His mother decided to deal with the problem by getting up and moving to another seat on the other side of the car. She sat there for the next few blocks, pretending in vain [...]

321. Getting a cold in the summer. My muscles ache and my head feels like it’s going to blow up. Meanwhile, I’ll bet it’s a beautiful day outside.
322. Last week’s post contained seven items about the environment, and one about dudes in fedoras. The fedora thing is the one that got people talking. But that’s [...]

296. What kind of company doesn’t let you show up late because you stayed up all night watching old episodes of The Wonder Years on YouTube and now you’re all emotional? I guess I must have missed the memo that said I work with a bunch of robots.
297. The other day, I saw a tiny [...]

276. Monopoly. It’s boring, it’s needlessly complicated, and it brings out the worst in people. I didn’t drive all the way out to cottage country just to play Monopoly.
277. I can remember a time when you could go to a party or visit a friend without fear of a photo of you winding up on [...]

255. People who fret about the number thirteen just because they think it’s unlucky. Much of the reason for this is because there were thirteen people at the Last Supper, and Judas was supposedly the thirteenth person to take his seat. Now, I’m no theologian, but I know that God’s an omnipotent being who sent [...]